Welcome to the Advanced Guides! Here you will find a wide range of articles and topics that will elevate your Hearthstone skills further! These are articles mostly focuses on the concepts and fundamentals, so while they may not be up to date with the latest cards or the meta, the concept and fundamentals does not change!
If you need a refresher, you can also head over to the Beginner Guides section.
General Fundamentals and Strategy
A Closer Look: How to Use the Coin Properly by SHP
Patience and Practice, Keys to Being Better in Hearthstone by HalfbrokeChris
5 Tips on How to Improve Your Laddering Experience by Stonekeep
Hearthstone Deck Tracker or How to Make Your Life Easier by Stonekeep
Planning to Win by Modorra
Hearthstone Mastery: Goals and Game Plan by LuÃs Magalhães
Legend Tips: The Science of Optimizing Mulligans by Spark
Consistency in Hearthstone: The Why and How by Modded
Hearthstone Fundamentals: Tempo by CynthiaCrescent
Hearthstone Fundamentals: Card Advantage by CynthiaCrescent
The Dynamic of Hero Power – Part 1 by CynthiaCrescent
Mana Matters: Understanding 1 Drops by Dreadmaker
Advanced Guide: Understand Card Slots as a Resource by Dreakmaker
Decision Making/Planning
- Planning to Win by Modorra
- Best Plays & Game Plans: A Guide to Improving Your Decision Making by Mats
- Fundamental Hearthstone Strategy: A Guide for Decision Making by Mats
- Deep Dive: The Art of Planning by CowPimp
- Into the Hearthstone Mind: The Four Stages of Competence by katy
Concepts and Mechanics
- Concepts Explained: Synergy by Smashthings
- Understanding Threat Value in Hearthstone by Newton
- Understanding the Meaning of Random by DarkRugia
- Hearthstone Theory: Resources Part 1 by Falathar
- Hearthstone Theory: Resources Part 2Â by Falathar
- Hearthstone Guide: Stat Budget Explanation by Ajay
Deck Building
How to Build Synergistic Decks? by Spark
Building Innovative Decks: A Step-by-Step Guide by Smashthings
Deck Building Theory Part 1: The Basics by Blackacre
Deck Building Theory Part 2: Resource Superiority by Blackacre
Deck Building Theory Part 3: Tempo & Core Archtypes by Blackacre
Counter The Net Deck II: Deck Building 101 – The Way of the Aggro by Killswitch
Deck Construction Series: Breathing New Life into Stagnant Net Decking by Killswitch
Top Ten Tips for Better Deck Building by louwilliam
For more deck building guides, check out the Deck Building category.
Tournament and Competitive Play
Ben Nagy’s Big Picture – Why does Blizzard Focus on Tournament Play? by Ben Nagy
Ben Nagy’s Big Picture – Are Nerfs Really Necessary?  by Ben Nagy
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Legend Guides
The Legend Grind Part I: Introduction and General Tips by Smashthings
The Legend Grind Part II: Research and Self Mastery by Smashthings
The Legend Grind Part III: Deck Selection by Smashthings
The Legend Grind Part IV: Psychology by Smashthings
Hitting Legend before End of the Year by Asmodeus
10 Tips For Your First Legend Climb by Strangelove
Ladder Timing – Balancing Efficiency, Having Fun and Getting Better by Battler
How to Hit Legend rank on Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft by zhandalyhs
Mindset of a Legend Player by k3lv
Combating Ladder Anxiety: Becoming Legend by Camzeee
Closing That Gap: From Rank 5 to Legend! by Dreadmaker
Playing to Win Part One: Defeating the Scrub Mentality by Smashthings
Playing to Win Part Two: Ropes and Mulligans by Smashthings
Playing to Win Part Three:Â The Art of Bluffing by Smashthings
How to be Legendary: A Guide for Both Beginners and Experienced Players by Azure
To Be A Legend: A Guide to Improving Your Mind by Blackacre
Reaching Legendary: Five Habits You’ll Have To Overcome by Octocat
Reaching Legendary: Five MORE Habits You’ll Have To Overcome by Octocat
Beating the Meta Game
How to Counter the Meta’s Key Decks by JulpaFTW
Metagaming Demystified: Breaking Down Your Deck by modded
An Overview of the Hearthstone Metagame by Chinchillord
On Breaking the Hearthstone Meta Adwcta shares his thoughts on the Hearthstone Meta – how to understand it, embrace it, and finally, how to beat it.
Class Match-ups
Understanding Match-ups Part 1 by Smashthings
Understanding Match-ups Part 2: Recognition and Adjustment by Smashthings
Understanding Match-ups Part 3: Anticipating the Curve by Smashthings
Articles of Interest
Hearthstone’s Best Decks: Why Won’t They Die? by modded
Intro to Manual Card Tracking by towerbdev (Reddit)
From Zero to Hero: Hearthstone as a Career by Katy
Professional Semi-Professional #2 – Time is Money by Subzerowins
Professional Semi-Professional #1 by Subzerowins
What Next?
Here are more readings for you with a centralized theme:
In-depth Turn Analysis
A series on analyzing and breaking it down a single turn of a game. Highly recommended reading!
Mastering the Arena
You haven’t experienced the full range of emotions offered by Hearthstone till you stepped into the Arena. Learn how to draft 6x Fireball or 4x Truesilver Champion!
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